Effective Short-Term Counselling within the Primary Care Setting : Psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy Approaches.

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION Why and for whom this book was written; PART I THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING: FINDING YOUR FEET AT THE "COALFACE"; Introduction to Part I; CHAPTER ONE Setting the scene of primary care counselling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service; CHAPTER TWO Valuing what you bring tothe primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor; CHAPTER THREE Introduction and induction into the GP surgery; CHAPTER FOUR Finding your place in the medical organizational "family.".

CHAPTER FIVE Medical model vs. psychological modelCHAPTER SIX The primary care counsellor's support systems; CHAPTER SEVEN Whose needs are being met?; PART II THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND THE IMPACT OF THE SETTING -- THEORY AND PRACTICE: WORKING AT THE "COALFACE"; Introduction to Part II; CHAPTER EIGHT Time and how we use it: assessing what is appropriate for the patient; CHAPTER NINE Assessment; CHAPTER TEN Use of psychotropic drugs, their probable impact upon counselling, and their side effects; CHAPTER ELEVEN The contract.

CHAPTER TWELVE Approaches to different categories of patient and presenting problemCHAPTER THIRTEEN Waiting lists, endings, and referring on; ENDNOTES A short introduction to the neuroscience of psychotherapy; REFERENCES; INDEX.

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; HOW TO USE THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION Why and for whom this book was written; PART I THE PRIMARY CARE SETTING: FINDING YOUR FEET AT THE "COALFACE"; Introduction to Part I; CHAPTER ONE Setting the scene of primary care counselling against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving NHS service; CHAPTER TWO Valuing what you bring tothe primary care setting as an experienced or newly graduated counsellor; CHAPTER THREE Introduction and induction into the GP surgery; CHAPTER FOUR Finding your place in the medical organizational "family."CHAPTER FIVE Medical model vs. psychological modelCHAPTER SIX The primary care counsellor's support systems; CHAPTER SEVEN Whose needs are being met?; PART II THE PRACTICE OF COUNSELLING AND THE IMPACT OF THE SETTING -- THEORY AND PRACTICE: WORKING AT THE "COALFACE"; Introduction to Part II; CHAPTER EIGHT Time and how we use it: assessing what is appropriate for the patient; CHAPTER NINE Assessment; CHAPTER TEN Use o ...

This book covers two distinct yet related topics: the primary care setting and the counselling carried out within it, and it can be dipped into or read straight through. Part One, using psychodynamic and systems theory, explores the holding environment of primary care, the interpersonal relationships within the primary care team, and other variables affecting counselling in a medical organisational setting. Part Two takes the counsellor through the 'how' of using psychodynamic and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) approaches within short-term contracts in this setting. Case studies and scenari.